महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-120, verse-2

ये नाथवन्तो हि भवन्ति लोके ते नात्मना कर्म समारभन्ते ।
तेषां तु कार्येषु भवन्ति नाथाः शैब्यादयो राम यथा ययातेः ॥२॥

2. ye nāthavanto hi bhavanti loke; te nātmanā karma samārabhante ,
teṣāṁ tu kāryeṣu bhavanti nāthāḥ; śaibyādayo rāma yathā yayāteḥ.

2. ye nāthavantaḥ hi bhavanti loke
te na ātmanā karma samārabhante
teṣāṃ tu kāryeṣu bhavanti nāthāḥ
śaibyādayaḥ rāma yathā yayāteḥ

2. O Rāma, those who have protectors in this world do not undertake actions on their own (ātmanā). Instead, their protectors, like Śaibya and others for Yayāti, handle their affairs.

Words meanings summery:

• ये (ye) - those who (those who, which (masculine plural nominative))

• नाथवन्तः (nāthavantaḥ) - those who have protectors (having protectors, possessed of lords/masters)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for)

• भवन्ति (bhavanti) - exist (are, become, exist)

• लोके (loke) - in this world (in the world, in the realm)

• ते (te) - they (they, those)

• न (na) - not

• आत्मना (ātmanā) - on their own initiative (by the self, by oneself, on one's own)

• कर्म (karma) - actions (action, deed, work)

• समारभन्ते (samārabhante) - they undertake (they undertake, they begin)

• तेषां (teṣāṁ) - their (their, of them)

• तु (tu) - instead (but, on the other hand, indeed)

• कार्येषु (kāryeṣu) - in their affairs (in actions, in affairs, in duties)

• भवन्ति (bhavanti) - exist (are, become, exist)

• नाथाः (nāthāḥ) - protectors (protectors, lords, masters)

• शैब्यादयः (śaibyādayaḥ) - Śaibya and others (Śaibya and others, beginning with Śaibya)

• राम (rāma) - O Rāma

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, for example, as)

• ययातेः (yayāteḥ) - of Yayāti

Words meanings and morphology

ये (ye) - those who (those who, which (masculine plural nominative))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - which, who, what, whoever

नाथवन्तः (nāthavantaḥ) - those who have protectors (having protectors, possessed of lords/masters)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nāthavant

nāthavant - having a protector/master, protected

From nātha (protector) + -vant (possessive suffix)

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for)

(indeclinable)

भवन्ति (bhavanti) - exist (are, become, exist)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of bhū

Present Active Indicative

From root √bhū (to be)

Root: bhū (class 1)

लोके (loke) - in this world (in the world, in the realm)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people, common folk

ते (te) - they (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

आत्मना (ātmanā) - on their own initiative (by the self, by oneself, on one's own)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, body

Root: an (class 2)

कर्म (karma) - actions (action, deed, work)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of karma

karma - action, deed, work, ritual action, consequence of action

From root √kṛ (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

समारभन्ते (samārabhante) - they undertake (they undertake, they begin)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of samārabh

Present Middle Indicative

From sam-ā-√rabh (to begin)

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: rabh (class 1)

तेषां (teṣāṁ) - their (their, of them)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

तु (tu) - instead (but, on the other hand, indeed)

(indeclinable)

कार्येषु (kāryeṣu) - in their affairs (in actions, in affairs, in duties)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of kārya

kārya - to be done, duty, business, action, affair

Gerundive

Derived from root √kṛ (to do) with suffix ṇyat

Root: kṛ (class 8)

भवन्ति (bhavanti) - exist (are, become, exist)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of bhū

Present Active Indicative

From root √bhū (to be)

Root: bhū (class 1)

नाथाः (nāthāḥ) - protectors (protectors, lords, masters)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nātha

nātha - protector, lord, master, refuge, help

Root: nāth (class 1)

शैब्यादयः (śaibyādayaḥ) - Śaibya and others (Śaibya and others, beginning with Śaibya)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śaibyādi

śaibyādi - Śaibya and others

Compound of Śaibya (proper noun) + ādi (beginning, etc.)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śaibya+ādi)

• śaibya – Śaibya (name of a king)
  proper noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, others
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ad (class 2)

राम (rāma) - O Rāma

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (a proper name, often referring to Balarāma or Pāraśurāma in epic contexts; here to Balarāma, the speaker being Sātyaki)

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, for example, as)

(indeclinable)

ययातेः (yayāteḥ) - of Yayāti

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yayāti

yayāti - Yayāti (a legendary king, son of Nahuṣa)